Report Details ‘Massive Global Failure’ in Response to COVID-19
The Lancet Commission called for a major overhaul to the World Health Organization (WHO) and global health policy following the estimated deaths of more than 17 million people worldwide as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. “This staggering death toll is both a profound tragedy and a massive global failure at multiple levels,” according to […]
Advocates to Government: ‘Go Big’ on HIV Prevention Efforts
The U.S. needs a dramatic overhaul of its HIV prevention program, revamping everything from cost to access, according to a panel of experts and advocates. At a session at the 73rd Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS Tuesday, the big takeaway message was that the system for access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is broken, with systemic […]
Plastic labelling needs ‘sustainability scale’
Labelling of plastic products needs a drastic overhaul including a new “sustainability scale” to help consumers, researchers say. Plastic pollution is a growing global problem, with an increasingly complex mix of plastics found everywhere from the Arctic to Mount Everest. Simplistic, unhelpful labelling and low recycling rates even in the best-equipped countries are major barriers […]
Does COAPT Change the Need to Try Foundational HF Drugs in Functional MR?
Clinicians agreed on the need for an overhaul of the heart failure guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) titration process during a debate on a different question: whether patients with functional mitral regurgitation (MR) should exhaust all options before they try transcatheter repair. JoAnn Lindenfeld, MD, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, asserted that taking appropriate […]